News from the Arts Councilhttp://www.artscouncil.ie/enCopyright 2007 Arts Councilhttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=dcaf37c8-5e57-4b39-b985-4ec8bb150c05The Arts Council is delighted to announce a new scheme for supporting the touring and dissemination of work in all art disciplines. The principal purpose of the scheme is to ensure that audiences throughout the country have access to high quality arts experiences.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=485ca043-adcf-4f1a-966f-e89bef454c07The Arts Council has expressed its regret at the passing of actor Mick Lally who died today. Speaking today, Pat Moylan, Chairman of the Arts Council said, "This is a sad and shocking loss to all of us.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=51dd8bf3-b777-4641-bb33-9a95583d6ceaThe Arts Council has hailed the success of the 2010 Fleadh Ceoil music festival in Cavan which closed on Monday evening. The event which the Arts Council provided with €11,000 in funding returned to Cavan for the first time since 1954 and once again showcased the best in Irish music. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=a5964c96-27a1-43bf-add7-98f144b8bb7aThe Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, in partnership with the Arts Council, invites applications for grants towards the cost of equipment and/or improvements to the quality of artists’ workspaces. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=a369bc47-69d8-42cc-9a95-4891febb9fe8The latest Kilkenny Arts Festival has contributed some €5 million to local Kilkenny commerce and is another example of the important financial contribution the arts make to Ireland’s economy, the Arts Council said today.Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=9f3a96c7-1017-45a5-9f07-c6b84cf243e5The Irish representation for the Venice Biennale is announced. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=826616d1-066c-4428-acbd-4ed911b8c78cThe average professional artist living in the Republic of Ireland earns just €14,500 a year from his or her art, despite having a higher level of formal education than the wider labour force, new research shows. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=63140ab6-5d8b-4433-a114-a6a8e6a742efThe Arts Council has hailed the success of the 2010 Scoil Acla summer school which closed on Sunday evening.Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=1021b91f-44a0-40ba-a793-e71eae39c4ebThe Arts Council and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government have launched a new scheme with the purpose of engaging the public with architecture. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=2deb567e-185c-42b2-b9a0-e38a44df3e37The Arts Council invites applications for grants towards the running costs of visual artists’ workspaces.Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=02ebf784-b694-415f-9810-f149a0f77482The Arts Council extends its warmest congratulations to Emma Donoghue and Paul Murray on the news that their respective novels Room and Skippy Dies have made the longlist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=5a4e98b2-73de-4af2-abbf-769e4e80cfa7Speaking on the news that Dublin is now permanently designated as a UNESCO City of Literature, Mary Cloake, Director of the Arts Council said: ‘This is a brilliant and exciting announcement, one which underscores that which we already know: that Dublin is renowned for its literature across the world and that this is a city of writers and writing. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=cf4da7e0-335c-47b6-aafe-07048b130849The 2010 Galway Arts Festival is on target to repeat the success of last year's event and contribute €19 million to the local economy, the Arts Council said as the festival closed on Sunday evening.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=ae88da83-4d62-482d-8c46-3f26bf6f7962The Arts Council has announced Thursday 2 September 2010 as the deadline for the next round of project awards for activities taking place in 2011.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=646b763a-34d0-4d3b-b736-df350cc9874dThe Arts Council is introducing a new funding scheme to support the touring and dissemination of work in all artforms.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=1eb4ec78-bf0a-4873-9d26-0ad2d7e35cdaInformation clinics for the Arts Council's new Dance Artist Residency Scheme will be held in Dance House, Dublin, on 27 July. The closing date for the scheme is 5.30 on Thursday, 12 August. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=aa8b9ad2-f25e-4b1d-a084-24272ddb1ad9The Arts Council will host information clinics on the new theatre funding schemes now open for online applications.Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=caf74ea8-f301-4b2c-bea7-a0c8e90a30a7The majority of people in Ireland go to an arts event at least once a year, with plays, art exhibitions and classical music concerts most popular in every part of the country, according to research to be published this week.Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=dd0c8368-1439-406d-941e-deef94e2965dThe Arts Council today announced the introduction of four new funding schemes on a pilot basis for 2010-2011, one in Dance, and three in Theatre, the application process for which will open next week. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=e709469c-a965-416b-b96e-4516af5c02a1The Arts Council wishes to extend its congratulations to the poet Harry Clifton on his appointment as the next Ireland Professor of Poetry (2010- 2013). Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=b1693e36-97f6-4076-844c-69f862a6d7f8Some of Ireland’s most talented and most promising writers, musicians, film-makers, visual artists, dancers and performers this week received individual grants of up to €15,000 in funding from the taxpayer, the Arts Council has announced.Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=6cd9c999-2734-4b27-889d-385ae485dd51The Arts Council has announced a new policy on visual artists’ workspaces - ‘Visual artists’ workspaces in Ireland: A new approach’.Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=6aa2bd7a-fe10-4edc-9c75-532fd8bea5abPeople right across the country can expect to experience world class plays, concerts, performances and exhibitions in the months ahead under a special touring scheme, the Arts Council has said.Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=73786e47-cdd4-45e2-8911-d018fb2e8f9cTG4 and the Arts Council invite submissions for the 6th season of Splanc!, the innovative television documentary scheme that supports the creative exploration of the arts in Ireland.Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=7beb21c8-435a-4d1a-b866-6e7b247c866dThe Arts Council wishes to congratulate dePaor Architects on being the first Irish practice to be invited to participate in the main exhibition at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=5dce20a0-ef26-4118-a65a-e16b395ddf65The Arts Council has offered to help other government agencies modernise and speed up their grants systems after it won the prestigious ICT Excellence award for the public service. Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=1366080b-4995-4e5b-8cce-00903af03cc8Considering a new website? Want to optimise the outcome, and keep costs as low as possible? Under Arts Audiences’ New Media Mentoring Scheme, Aoife Flynn of asquared mentored Rayne Booth of Temple Bar Gallery & Studios as she prepared a brief for the organisation’s new website.Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=d080fe82-304e-45e2-a340-526b33b53695Arts Audiences has published the latest report from its New Media Mentoring Scheme - Evaluating your digital strategy: a mentoring report from the Youth Council of Ireland. Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=068fd2ae-41ce-4db9-80e4-bb42ae101d17President Mary McAleese announced Siobhán Parkinson as Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s first laureate for children’s literature, presenting her with the Laureate na nÓg medal at a special event at the Arts Council.Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=2a8f75fa-50d5-40ba-aa80-eaf0c22260d2Download the first report from the Arts Audiences' Build Your Audience scheme. This report, A guide to marketing your production on tour, has been produced by Coisceim Dance Theatre with Heather Maitland.Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=314bf215-8852-4a2e-89ba-2709f87c754eThe Arts Council has sent its congratulations to Toner Quinn, Editor of the Journal of Music on winning the Utne Independent Press Award for arts coverage.Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=8ea6d9ed-cd36-4b8b-82ad-ef9169e48ae0Arts Audiences publishes the first in a series of reports on the outcomes of its New Media Mentoring Scheme.Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=04dc5000-6a60-4165-a423-c3bcf65269cbArts organisations will have to be more businesslike and innovative, and seek funding from a variety of sources, if they are to survive the recession, participants at an Arts Council conference heard today.Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=aca9407b-2a78-4fcd-a1f2-e9e1c558b4dbThe Arts Council has sent its congratulations to the 7 artists who were today were elected as members of Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland. Frances Harvey, Vona Groarke, Conor McPherson, Gráinne Mulvey, Sheila O’Donnell, Kevin Volans and Yvonne Farrell were elected as members at the Aosdána General Assembly in the Armagh City Hotel.Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=3ded28b4-dfc2-49d9-9672-13d6c5523f7eYoung people have vowed to transform derelict and unused buildings into vibrant cultural centres - if Nama and local authorities around the country give them the space and the opportunity.Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=99771c95-2b31-44dd-badb-df4001c36484The deadline for online project award applications is Thursday 1 April. You must register with the online services website before you can make an online application. We advise you to register immediately for online services as, for security reasons, it may take up to five working days to complete the entire process. We also advise you to submit your final application as early as possible to avoid the heavy traffic on the site in the final days before a deadline.Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=ed0a4d28-1014-4422-938f-048bb5266049The Arts Council is pleased to announce a new scheme for supporting the touring and dissemination of work in all arts disciplines. The deadline for applications will be 5.30pm on Thursday 15 April 2010. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=0f442fa3-9b85-4720-8858-a39724a8f45dThe Arts Council is holding a conference, for its funded organisations, on recessionary management and how effective philanthropy and corporate fundraising can help grow non-statutory income.Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=c171b3ff-7301-4dd4-aaa0-74e08bf7e42cAbstract hereFri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=0ed78432-597f-49d9-8d04-aa439cfb8e71The Arts Council has sent its congratulations to Gabriel Byrne following the announcement that he is to be Ireland’s first Cultural Ambassador.Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=712a7a6b-1203-49ba-8f5a-d9e881b5a65eThu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=0cdd91fd-0858-408b-891e-5d074ea378eaArts Council Chairman Pat Moylan today welcomed the publication of ‘Innovation Ireland’ - the report of the innovation taskforce - and said it underscored how the arts can be used to drive jobs in the digital economy and creative industries.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=d37eec20-4801-4802-809f-9ff2c1cc58e5The Arts Council is holding information clinics for the theatre project award in Dublin (8 March), Cork (10 March), Galway (15 March) and Limerick (16 March). Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=7754a0e3-aa8b-462b-a4cb-65d78417921bArt-Youth-Culture: FYI A meeting of young people and policy makers 27-29 March 2010 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=af2c450d-9f5c-44ab-bef7-aec56bcafa7aThe Arts Council today expressed its regret today at the passing of Eugene Lambert, founder of the Lambert Puppet Theatre in Monkstown, Co Dublin, and the Dublin International Puppet Festival.Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=4c4b3e8a-fda7-44b4-89a4-664b8c9af14eThe Arts Council confirms the closing date for the theatre project award and indicates when applicants to this award can expect to be informed of funding decisions.Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=4568d7d1-914e-4f5e-aced-c698eb225418The deadline for Project awards will be 5.30pm on Thursday 1 April 2010 for applications that are submitted online. The deadline for applications submitted in hard copy will be 5.30pm on Thursday 25 March. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=4eaa4b87-f381-4bfe-8461-b5f48f5317a5Pat Moylan, Chairman of the Arts Council, extends her congratulations to the Irish artists whose work was today nominated for Academy Awards. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=46b24f67-7f03-4a17-9823-4f43c8a807d4The Arts Council, the government agency for funding and developing the arts, has made its major grant allocations for 2010, distributing in excess of €49m to more than 350 arts organisations. Letters detailing news of the decisions were posted on Friday.Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.artscouncil.ie/en/news/news.aspx?article=346ae8fe-baca-4513-a44b-63866619b924Download research reportsWed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT